The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.

The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.

The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]

The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]

Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.

Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.

For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.

For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.

Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.

Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.

All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.

All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.

He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.

He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.

Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.

Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.

Get money, money still!
And then let virtue follow, if she will.

Get money, money still!
And then let virtue follow, if she will.